Last summer, I discovered an amaaaazing recipe. THIS Blueberry Banana Nice Cream Tart from Kelsey at Little Bits of is out of this WORLD. It's like a smoothie cake, and ever since the first time I made it, I've been dreaming up new nice cream tart combinations. First I tried simply replacing the blueberries in Kelsey's recipe with strawberries... SO GOOD. And then I was like, hello!? You already know peanut butter banana nice cream is amazing (ZB and I do that combo in "milkshakes" all the time); so after I put two and two together, these babies were born!

They are naturally sweetened (with bananas and dates), they're perfectly creamy, and they have that salty sweet combo going on! This recipe makes 12, so you can pop one out of the freezer whenever your sweet tooth strikes.

You'll need a food processor or a high speed blender to make this recipe. I used my food processor for both the crust and the nice cream filling (since my dreams of owning a Vitamix have not yet been realized).

Before we get to the recipe, a couple of tips:

Line your cookie sheet with waxed paper before freezing the sliced bananas so they don't stick!

After making the crust, don't worry about washing your food processor bowl. Some tiny pieces of crust won't hurt the filling!

Add the peanuts at the END of making the nice cream filling so you have some nice crunchy bits in there.

If you'd rather have slices instead of cupcakes, press the crust into a springform pan, freeze it, then spread the nice cream filling on top. Once it freezes, you can cut it into slices!

Instructions:

Make the crust:

In the bowl of your food processor, combine raisins, almond flour, cacao powder, coconut, coconut oil, honey, and salt. Process until the mixture is finely chopped and crumbly. It should stick together a bit when you pinch it between your fingers; but if it doesn't (perhaps if your raisins were too dry), add a bit of water and process again.

Place paper liners in a cupcake pan and evenly divide the crust mixture between the cups (a couple of teaspoons each, reserving some for topping). Remove the extra crust to a small bowl so you can make the nice cream.

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